diff --git a/src/Jms/YamlConverter.php b/src/Jms/YamlConverter.php
index e25a613d..3cbf6014 100644
--- a/src/Jms/YamlConverter.php
+++ b/src/Jms/YamlConverter.php
@@ -306,19 +306,15 @@ private function visitBaseComplexType(&$class, &$data, BaseComplexType $type, $n
     private function handleClassExtension(&$class, &$data, Type $type, $parentName)
     {
         if ($alias = $this->getTypeAlias($type)) {
-
-
             $property = array();
             $property["expose"] = true;
             $property["xml_value"] = true;
             $property["access_type"] = "public_method";
             $property["accessor"]["getter"] = "value";
-            $property["accessor"]["setter"] = "value";
+            $property["accessor"]["setter"] = "__construct";
             $property["type"] = $alias;
 
             $data["properties"]["__value"] = $property;
-
-
         } else {
             $extension = $this->visitType($type, true);
 
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ private function handleClassExtension(&$class, &$data, Type $type, $parentName)
                     $property["xml_value"] = true;
                     $property["access_type"] = "public_method";
                     $property["accessor"]["getter"] = "value";
-                    $property["accessor"]["setter"] = "value";
+                    $property["accessor"]["setter"] = "__construct";
 
                     if ($valueProp = $this->typeHasValue($type, $class, $parentName)) {
                         $property["type"] = $valueProp;
diff --git a/src/Php/ClassGenerator.php b/src/Php/ClassGenerator.php
index a4f46819..1c85de4a 100644
--- a/src/Php/ClassGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Php/ClassGenerator.php
@@ -56,19 +56,12 @@ private function handleValueMethod(Generator\ClassGenerator $generator, PHPPrope
             $param
         ]);
         $method->setDocBlock($docblock);
-        $method->setBody("\$this->value(\$value);");
+        $method->setBody("\$this->" . $prop->getName() . " = \$value;");
 
         $generator->addMethodFromGenerator($method);
 
         $docblock = new DocBlockGenerator('Gets or sets the inner value');
         $docblock->setWordWrap(false);
-        $paramTag = new ParamTag("value");
-        if ($type && $type instanceof PHPClassOf) {
-            $paramTag->setTypes($type->getArg()->getType()->getPhpType() . "[]");
-        } elseif ($type) {
-            $paramTag->setTypes($prop->getType()->getPhpType());
-        }
-        $docblock->setTag($paramTag);
 
         $returnTag = new ReturnTag("mixed");
 
@@ -88,10 +81,7 @@ private function handleValueMethod(Generator\ClassGenerator $generator, PHPPrope
         $method = new MethodGenerator("value", []);
         $method->setDocBlock($docblock);
 
-        $methodBody = "if (\$args = func_get_args()) {" . PHP_EOL;
-        $methodBody .= "    \$this->" . $prop->getName() . " = \$args[0];" . PHP_EOL;
-        $methodBody .= "}" . PHP_EOL;
-        $methodBody .= "return \$this->" . $prop->getName() . ";" . PHP_EOL;
+        $methodBody = "return \$this->" . $prop->getName() . ";" . PHP_EOL;
         $method->setBody($methodBody);
 
         $generator->addMethodFromGenerator($method);
diff --git a/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsElementTest.php b/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsElementTest.php
index 34d48ac3..6bc0987e 100644
--- a/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsElementTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function testElementOfPrimitiveType($xsType, $phpName)
                             'access_type' => 'public_method',
                             'accessor' => array(
                                 'getter' => 'value',
-                                'setter' => 'value'
+                                'setter' => '__construct'
                             ),
                             'type' => $phpName
                         )
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function testElementOfPrimitiveTypeAnon($xsType, $phpName)
                             'access_type' => 'public_method',
                             'accessor' => array(
                                 'getter' => 'value',
-                                'setter' => 'value'
+                                'setter' => '__construct'
                             ),
                             'type' => $phpName
                         )
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public function testElementOfBaseType($xsType, $phpName, $jmsType)
                         'access_type' => 'public_method',
                         'accessor' => array(
                             'getter' => 'value',
-                            'setter' => 'value',
+                            'setter' => '__construct',
                         ),
                         'type' => $jmsType,
                     ),
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public function testElementOfBaseTypeAnon($xsType, $phpName, $jmsType)
                         'access_type' => 'public_method',
                         'accessor' => array(
                             'getter' => 'value',
-                            'setter' => 'value',
+                            'setter' => '__construct',
                         ),
                         'type' => $jmsType,
                     ),
diff --git a/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsGroupTest.php b/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsGroupTest.php
index 3ad25255..149b9854 100644
--- a/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsGroupTest.php
+++ b/tests/Converter/JMS/Xsd2JmsGroupTest.php
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ public function testGeneralParts()
                             'access_type' => 'public_method',
                             'accessor' => array(
                                 'getter' => 'value',
-                                'setter' => 'value'
+                                'setter' => '__construct'
                             ),
                             'type' => 'string'
                         )